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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What religious upbringing did Elijah have?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Calvinist.
(d) Mormon.

2. When did Elijah join the Spring's Brick Presbyterian Church?
(a) 1820.
(b) 1819.
(c) 1822.
(d) 1821.

3. What did Matthews' rumored beating of his wife, his strange moods, and his unsteady work habits convince Kirk of?
(a) Matthews was not a good leader.
(b) Matthews was unreliable.
(c) Matthews would be a bad influence
(d) Matthews was trouble.

4. What does the "Prologue" say of Matthews and Joseph Smith in 1835?
(a) They were unknown.
(b) They were both murderers.
(c) They were equally notorious.
(d) They both spent time in prison.

5. When did Matthews' parents die?
(a) 1795.
(b) 1792.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1799.

6. Why did Elijah leave his childhood town?
(a) Train as a clerk.
(b) Train as a physician.
(c) Train as a banker.
(d) Train as a journalist.

7. What did Elijah and Sarah Start to get prostitutes off the street?
(a) The Female Assistance Society.
(b) The Second Chance Society.
(c) The Female Asylum Society.
(d) The Female Safe House.

8. When did Matthews beat a woman according to historical evidences?
(a) 1814.
(b) 1813.
(c) 1811.
(d) 1812.

9. What did Elijah think God would do for him if he continued to spread the Gospel?
(a) Make him king of the world.
(b) Make him forget Sarah.
(c) Give him power over the United States.
(d) Return Sarah to him.

10. Where was Matthews going at the start of the "Prologue"?
(a) A Mormon settlement.
(b) New York City.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Albany.

11. What name did Matthews use to introduce himself to Joseph Smith?
(a) Robert.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Elijah.
(d) Mark.

12. What did Smith know about Joshua after their first meeting?
(a) That he was Matthews.
(b) That he was dangerous.
(c) That he wanted him to stay.
(d) That his beliefs reflected his own.

13. What name did Matthews choose for himself after abandoning his family?
(a) Matthias.
(b) Elijah.
(c) Augustine.
(d) Jeremiah.

14. Who sat in the front of a Calvinist church in the early 1800's?
(a) Those who donated the most.
(b) Children.
(c) The poor.
(d) The merchants.

15. What does the "Prologue" state about those who opposed the middle class' evangelical reformist movement?
(a) They were poor and less educated.
(b) They were dangerous.
(c) They were in power.
(d) They were rich.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who personified the middle class' evangelical reformists of the 1820's and 1840's?

2. When did Elijah and Sarah move to Bowery Hill to join a burgeoning perfectionist community?

3. Why did Frances Folger scold a fellow church member?

4. How many children did Matthews and Margaret eventually have?

5. What did the Retrenchment Society build according to "Elijah Pierson, Parts 5 through 7"?

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